Gigabyte 970A-DS3P

CPU

AM3+ Socket:

• AMD AM3+ FX processors
• AMD AM3 Phenom™ II processor/ AMD Athlon™ II processor

(Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)

Hyper Transport Bus - 4800 MT/s

Chipset

• North Bridge: AMD 970
• South Bridge: AMD SB950

Memory - 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory * Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed.

• Dual channel memory architecture
• Support for DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules

* To support a DDR3 1866 MHz (and above) memory, you must install an AM3+ CPU first. (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Audio

• Realtek ALC887 audio codec
• High Definition Audio
• 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
• Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN - Realtek GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
• 3 x PCI Express x1 slots

(All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) - 2 x PCI slots

Storage Interface

South Bridge:

• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 6Gb/s devices
• Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD

USB

South Bridge: - Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB headers)

VIA VL805 chip: - Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)

Internal I/O Connectors

• 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 1 x CPU fan header
• 2 x system fan headers
• 1 x power fan header
• 1 x front panel header
• 1 x front panel audio header
• 1 x S/PDIF Out header
• 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
• 3 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors

• 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
• 1 x PS/2 mouse port
• 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
• 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 1 x RJ-45 port
• 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

I/O Controller - iTE I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring

• System voltage detection
• CPU/System temperature detection
• CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
• CPU overheating warning
• CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
• CPU/System fan speed control

* Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/system cooler you install.

BIOS

• 2 x 32 Mbit flash
• Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS
• Support for DualBIOS™
• PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a

Unique Features

• Support for @BIOS
• Support for Q-Flash
• Support for Xpress Install
• Support for EasyTune

* Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.

• Support for Smart Recovery 2
• Support for Auto Green
• Support for ON/OFF Charge
• Support for 3TB+ Unlock
• Support for Q-Share

Bundle Software - Norton Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System - Support for Windows 8/7/XP

Form Factor - ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 21.5cm

Remark

• Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
• Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.